University of Adversity

Melanie Joy is a writer, women's coach, sound healer, mother, and beautiful teacher. In her recent book, Descent to Wholeness, Melanie breathes a fiery breath of perspective into the stages of the archetypal story of a Woman's life through the journey of her own memoirs.  From external affairs in the realms of a patriarchal society to the internal journey back into the cave of her body. In th...

In this episode, Lance talks about the recent incident that happened with Mike Tyson on an airplane where a young man sitting behind him heckled and bugged him by asking constant questions to which he turned and punched him several times and left him injured. While Lance does not condone acts of violence, he also expressed his concerns about the increasing lack of respect among young people and ho...

Joze Piranian is a lifelong stutterer turned International Speaker helping people who hold back turn fear into action so that they overcome their “inner stutter” and unlock their true potential in life. After avoiding speaking almost entirely for more than 25 years due to a debilitating stutter, Joze won the Inspirational Speaker of the Year award in 2017 and has performed stand-up comedy in 3 con...

Azrya and Benjamin Bequer are the co-founding stewards of BEQOMING, a platform that provides transformational tools, stories, and media to help people see beyond the veil of who they thought they were supposed to be and awaken their full-spectrum aliveness. On today’s episode, Lance, Benjamin and Azrya talk about how to free yourself from things that restrain you and follow your intuition. They ta...

📚AVAILABLE NOW! Pre-sale for Lance’s new book Mastering Adversity: https://geni.us/MasteringAdversity   Sam Kabert played the game, mastered it, and cracked the code to what he was chasing: his dream life, filled with material successes and millions of dollars. He was named on Silicon Valley’s 40 Under 40 at just thirty-one years old.  In the middle of all that, Sam discovered the plant...

📚AVAILABLE NOW! Pre-sale for Lance’s new book Mastering Adversity: https://geni.us/MasteringAdversity   Johnny Elsasser is a former Special Operations US Army Ranger with four combat tours between Iraq, and Afghanistan and another five years of protecting the US Ambassador to Iraq in Baghdad. Johnny has seen the field of Masculinity through extreme alpha perspectives and knows the trials and...

Grant Cardone is the CEO of Cardone Enterprise, Cardone Capital. He is an internationally-renowned speaker on sales, leadership, real estate investing, entrepreneurship, and finance whose five privately held companies have annual revenues exceeding $300 million. Cardone is also the founder of The 10X Movement & The 10X Growth Conference, the world’s largest business & entrepreneur conferen...

Thanks for sending in your questions. Today at the University of Adversity, Lance responds to many of the questions sent by his audience. He discusses topics around our state of mind, taking control of our lives, and especially comments on the recent Oscar award incident related to Will Smith and Chris Rock. Lance shares stories of personal failure and how to overcome it. He talks about the impact...

Theo Fleury is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist in Hockey, motivational speaker, and best-selling author. But prior to this, his life once carried the markings of a troubled childhood, abuse, and coping with emotional pain through addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Today, Theo defines himself as a victor over trauma and addiction and a facilitator to those still trying to find their way. Hi...

Nick Bradley is a world-renowned business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors, transforming good companies into great ones. Over the last decade, he has built, bought, and sold 22 businesses with a combined valuation of $5.2 billion dollars. He also works with Private Equity and Venture Capital firms across the UK and the US leading business turnarounds, me...

In this episode, Lance responds to questions sent by his audience in the last few weeks. He discusses lessons he wishes he knew when he started off as an entrepreneur - How to find your calling and purpose, How to build credibility and How to leave an impact in their market.  There is no shortcut to success. The world today is obsessed with quick results and shortcuts. But the great things in...

Christopher Dedeyan is a professional speaker and peak performance expert who helps entrepreneurs, leaders, and employees alike manage stress, increase productivity, and have more energy.  Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of eight, he was faced with many failures along the way. Because of his relentless attitude of never giving up, the failures taught him how to succeed. He attributes a hug...

Kid Carson has been a Candian radio personality for decades now famously known for his show on the Vancouver radio station, Z95.3. Through the Covid-19 pandemic, Kid felt an internal battle to follow his intuition and speak the truth about all that was going on in the world rather than go with public opinion. Taking the leap of faith, he stepped away from his radio show to launch his podcast, Kid...

Jennifer Watson is a dynamic speaker and coach with a gift for intuitive and visionary coaching. She is an expert in wellness and leadership development, identity & mental edge enhancement. Incorporating her expertise along with her athletic gifts as a former collegiate athlete and All- American, she has had the honor to share her message on the TEDx stage, NBC, Fox Radio, and top Summit/Podca...

Liz Edlich is the co-founder and CEO of Radical Skincare. She brings an extensive career in financial management, capital sourcing, product development, production and market strategy to her position at Radical Skincare. From a very young age, their parents always told Liz and her sister “to be the difference you must make a difference.” Throughout their lives, this mantra burned within them.&nbsp...

For those of you who missed my Summit last Spring - This week we decided to curate a special episode from this powerful event with one of my special guests’ Tim Storey.  Tim regularly appears on nationally syndicated radio and television shows, including being interviewed on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN SuperSoul Sunday, and Steve Harvey’s talk show. Tim is an acclaimed author, speaker, and life coach...

In today’s episode, we have Angus Nelson a high performance coach for successful men. He helps men to unlock their full potential and impacts millions of lives. Angus is the founder of Evolve Men which helps develop strategies and systems for scaling a business and giving freedom to an entrepreneur. Angus has worked with many well known entrepreneurs, influential leaders and multi-million dollar c...

This episode is a special one. Instead of being the interviewer, Lance Essihos is interviewed by his good friend and book coach Samantha Joy. If you didn’t know already, Lance is authoring his first book called Mastering Adversity, talking about his journey in overcoming personal adversities and how to live a life of wholeness and embody his truth. This is the first part of the Mastering Adversity...

It has been three years since the launch of the University of Adversity. What a journey it has been for me. I have so much gratitude for everyone who has listened to and supported the show along the way. Hundreds of incredible guests have come on and shared their stories. When I started this in 2018, it was just a moment where I had to trust my intuition. I stepped out of limiting beliefs that mad...

In today’s episode, Darryll Stinson joins the University of Adversity. In conversation with Lance, Darryll talks about the power of doing the inner work. They cover topics like practicing gratitude, daily meditation and journaling and how being consistent in the way you show up can begin to raise your level of self awareness. Lance says every single one of us is an infinite being, and when we take...

In today’s episode, Shelly Lefkoe and Lance talk about how to overcome limiting beliefs and negative mindsets in order to fully embody our true authentic selves. Shelly Lefkoe is the co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area firm whose mission is to significantly improve the quality of life on the planet.  Shelly has helped thousands of clients worldwide recreate their live...

Teresa Greco is a happiness expert and the host of a weekly internet TV show called “The Steps to Happiness Show With Teresa Greco.” She’s a 2X bestselling author, an educator, and educational technologies consultant with a master’s degree from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the editor and senior writer at two Canadian lifestyle magazines as well as a contributor to 3 international magazines. Te...

Erik loves to share his decades of experience in creative, branding, and marketing strategies as well as helping others leverage the power within the podcasting platform. Erik sits on the board of a 1,000+ member real estate investor group called SJREIA.  He is also a proud member of GoBundance, which is a tribe of millionaires seeking to share all successes, struggles, ambitions, and failure...

Dr. Jorge L. Valdes was recently featured in the Netflix docu-series: Cocaine Cowboys, Kings of Miami. As a young man in his twenties with an insatiable thirst for money and power, Jorge Valdés was a founding member of a group that became known as Colombia's Medellin Drug Cartel. Dr. Jorge Valdes uses his Narco Mindset not only to tell his story of a drug lord who found redemption but uses his lif...

Kute Blackson is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher.  He is the author of the national bestselling book You. Are. The. One. and The Magic of Surrender. Kute is widely considered the next generation leader in the field of personal development and has been featured on Larry King Now, Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew, as well, Inc magazine calls him ‘The Mindfulness Guru Billi...